KARACHI: Balochistan Squash Association (BSA) has criticised Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) for ignoring it in the selection of the team for Commonwealth Games. Chairman BSA Sher Ali Kakar while talking to ‘The News’ said that they were not happy with the PSF’s treatment. “PSF is running matters high handedly. It did not bother to consult the provincial
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Al Baraka Banking Group B.S.C. (ABG) and four of its subsidiary banking units received the Best Islamic Financial Institution Award of 2017, as part of the annual awards of the Global Finance magazine. Al Baraka Banking Group received the Best Islamic Financial Institution in Middle East / North Africa Award, Al Baraka Islamic Bank Bahrain received the Best Islamic
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ISLAMABAD: Power distribution companies charged about Rs3 per unit higher than the actual fuel cost in January as a petition has been filed in the Natio­nal Electric Power Regu­la­tory Authority (Nepra), seeking approval of fuel adjustment for a month. In its petition, the Central Power Purchasing Agency-Guarantee (CPPA-G) repor­ted to Nepra that it had charged
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RAWALPINDI: The dental department of Holy Family Hospital in Satellite Town, which receives over 120 patients daily, is in dire need of the Punjab Health Department’s urgent attention, presently being run by a single dentist and is without its head. Oral hygiene is central to health and the way this critically important department is being run, speaks
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ISLAMABAD: State Minister for Industries and Production Arshad Laghari on Friday inaugurated the three-day Pakistan Lifestyle and Furniture Expo organised by Furniture Pakistan. Laghari said the exhibition will provide the younger designers and architects to see the market trends and display their own work alongside that of more established professionals
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ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday warned Cyprus not to "overstep the mark" in the eastern Mediterranean, after Greek Cypriots accused the Turkish military of obstructing a vessel exploring for natural gas over the weekend. Turkey, which does not have diplomatic ties with Cyprus, says some areas of Cyprus’s offshore maritime zone fall under
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KARACHI: The visit of a committee of the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) to Quetta for inspecting venues being prepared for the 33rd National Games has been delayed, ‘The News’ reliably learnt on Tuesday. The POA had announced last month after its sports commission meeting in Lahore that the venue inspection committee would visit Quetta in the second
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KARACHI: Sales of passenger cars posted their biggest ever monthly increase in January, as soft loans and a robust economy offset the impact of price increases due to recent rupee devaluation, analyst and industry officials said on Monday. Sales of passenger cars increased 22 percent to 23,562 units in January 2018 compared to 20,884 units sold in the same month
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NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Local authorities should consider converting empty government properties into night shelters for the homeless, India’s highest court said, amid growing concern about the number of deaths on the streets during winter months. The judges said on Thursday that altering existing properties would be the "best option" to address the needs